This Easter we were together with Joy and Ricky celebrating with Carol’s sister and her family and Carol's Mom in Lancaster, PA.
We praise God for two events that have helped to support our ministry in Haiti in the past few days.
On Good Friday three churches gathered together for a special service to commemorate Jesus’ crucifixion and decided to give the offering towards the soccer evangelistic tournament we want to start in September, 2012. Our goal is to see God provide $350 for each of the 128 teams that we want to participate in the tournament. On Good Friday we received enough for 4 teams!
Through joining the Pastor of our Home Church, Crossing Community Church, in his ministry to recovering addicts in Philadelphia, I met Bob Stone who plunged himself into addiction to drown his sorrow after his son was hit and killed by a drunk driver in Philadelphia. Now he is recovering at the House of Adonai, a Christian program that helps free addicts from the power of addiction through a Bible –based curriculum.
On Easter Saturday, the Stone family held their 6th annual soccer tournament in memory of their son, Dan Stone. This year they decided to raise funds for our ministry in Haiti! Not only did I get to attend the tournament and meet lots of great people, but I also got to join one of the 8 teams that participated and we won two out of the four games we played!
It was a gorgeous spring day and temperatures were in the 60’s, perfect for 6-a-side soccer. I also took some evangelistic literature and got to talk to each team about what we do in Haiti.
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